Cemetery urn



March 30,1937. 1 R EPH 2,075,441

CEMETERY URN Filed Aug. 28, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor Afiorneys R. JOSEPH CEMETERY URN March 30, 1937.

Filed Aug. 28, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Raphael Jase 6h Attorneys Patented ,Mar. 30, 1937 UNITED STATES CEMETERY URN Raphael Joseph, Niagara Falls, N. Y., assignor to Joseph Memorial Urns, Inc.

Application August 28,

Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in cemetery urns and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a device of this character which 5 functions .as a grave marker as well as a flower holder.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide a cemetery urn of the type including acylindrical outer casing for the reception of a removable and invertible vase, together with novel means for supporting said vase in operative or inoperative position.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a combination cementery urn of the character de scribed which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, light in weight, attractive in appearance, and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:-

Figure 1 is a top plan view or" the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the invention, showing the vase in position for the reception of flowers.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 5 is a View in horizontal section, taken substantially on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

5 Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view in bottom plan of the hinged cover or marker.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view in top plan of the cylindrical casing, showing the cover supporting bracket mounted thereon.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises a cylindrical casing I of suitable dimensions and material which is adapted to be sunk in the ground to a 45 depth substantially flush with the surface thereof.

The casing I is open at its top and bottom and said casing is provided with an external flange 2 on its lower end. Mounted on the bottom of the casing I is a substantially square plate 3 of suit- 50 able metal which is secured in position by clinching the corner portions thereof over the flange 2, as at 4. As shown to advantage in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, the construction and arrangement is such that openings 5 are provided at the 55 bottom of the casing I.

1936, Serial No@ 98,393

Projecting from the upper portion ofthe-casing I is a substantially U-shaped bracket 6v which, is provided with integral, upstandingmpposed ears I, said ears being. apertured. The reference numeral 8 designates a combined cover and marker which is journalled between the ears I ona pin 9. Ears ID are provided onthelower side of the cover 8 through which the pin 9 passes. The cover 8 may be suitably ornamented, as at Hand provided with any desired indicia. I2. It, will be observedthat the cover 8 is circular and of greater diameter than the casing I. Thecover 8 further. includes an integral neck I3. on. its lower side which is spaced inwardly from the periphery of said cover and which, when the cover isin closed position, is adapted to encircle. the upper. endjofthe cylindricalcasing I, as illustrated to advantage in Fig. 2-of the drawings. At a point remote from the hinge structure, the neck, I3.is recessed; as at I 4, for a purpose to be presently set forth.

Mounted in the cylindrical casing I, adjacent the top thereof, is a plurality of circumferentially spaced brackets I5. The brackets I 5 are adapted to support a removable vase IS in either inverted position in the casing I, as seen in Fig. 2, or in an upright position, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The vase I6 is shorter and of smaller diameter than the casing I in order to be enclosed in said casing and passed freely between the brackets I5. The vase I6 comprises a cylindrical body I! of suitable metal which is provided with a bottom I8 in the form of a disk and also of any suitable metal. Theupper end portion of the body I! is turned in, as at I9, to present a rounded end. The bottom I8 projects beyond the body IT for engagement on the brackets I5 for supporting the vase in either position. The reference numeral designates a handle on the bottom I8 of the vase I6.

It is thought that the manner of using the invention will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. When the vase I6 is notin use, said vase is inverted and suspended on the brackets I5 in the casing I, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When the vase I6 is to be used, the cover I8 is swung to open position, said vase is removed from the casing I, turned upright and then replaced in this position on the brackets I5 (see Fig. 3). tive position, the vase l6 extends a considerable distance above the casing I and the surface of the ground and the cover 8 may rest at an inclination thereagainst, the recess l4 in the neck I3 receiving said vase.

It is believed that the many advantages of a When thus mounted in operacemetery urn constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood and although a preferred embodiment of the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:-

1. A cemetery urn of the class described comprising a substantially cylindrical casing open at its top, a cover hingedly mounted on said casing, circumferentially spaced brackets mounted in the casing adjacent the top thereof, and a vase adapted to be mounted in the casing, said vase including a substantially cylindrical body of less diameter and length than the casing, and a substantially circular bottom mounted on said body and projecting beyond the periphery thereof, the projecting peripheral portion of the bottom being engageable on the brackets for supporting the vase in an upright or inverted position in the casing.

2. A cemetery urn of the class described comprising a substantially cylindrical casing open at its top, a removable vase mounted in the casing and extending thereabove, and a marker hingedly mounted on the upper portion of the casing and adapted to rest thereon when in closed position and being further adapted to rest against the vase when in open position, said marker including an integral neck on its lower side adapted to encircle the casing when the marker is in closed position, said neck' having a recess therein for the reception of the vase when the marker is in open position and resting against said vase.

3. A cemetery urn of the class described comprising a cylindrical casing open at its top and bottom and including an external flange on its lower end, a substantially square bottom mounted on the lower end of the casing and having its corner portions clinched over the flange for securing said bottom in position, portions of the cylindrical casing projecting outwardly beyond the bottom for leaving openings, a vase removably mounted in the casing, and a cover mounted on said casing.

4. As a new article of manufacture constituting a component part of a sanitary urn assemblage of the class described, a vase receiving and supporting casing adapted to be imbedded in the earth, said casing being provided at its bottom with an outstanding marginal flange, a plate attached to said flange and underlying the lower end of the casing and having its edges spaced from adjacent edges of the casing to provide drainage openings, a memorial plaque constituting a closure for the upper end of the casing and operatively connected with said casing, and hanger and supporting brackets on the interior of the casing to accommodate the aforementioned vase.

5. A sanitary urn assembly of the class described comprising a vase protecting and enclosing casing adapted to be imbedded in the earth, said casing being open at its upper end and provided with drainage openings at its lower end, a plurality of brackets mounted on the interior of the casing, an ornamental cover operatively connected with the upper end portion of the casing and adapted to close the casing under certain predetermined conditions, and a separate vase shaped and proportioned to fit in said casing when not in use, said vase including an outstanding bottom fashioned to rest on said bracket when in an inverted enclosed position or in an upstanding useful position.

RAPHAEL JOSEPH. 

